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Apoteichisis

Saints who resisted heresy

St Eustathius of Antioch

Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Ἀντιοχείας

A leading opponent of Arius at Nicaea (325), St Eustathius defended the Son's full divinity and was deposed and exiled amid the ensuing Arian controversy.

Period
4th c., reposed in exile
Witness
Archbishop of Antioch, Nicene confessor
Controversy
Arianism and the Trinity

Witness under persecution

What this saint faced

A leading opponent of Arius at Nicaea (325), St Eustathius defended the Son's full divinity and was deposed and exiled amid the ensuing Arian controversy.

Exile, imprisonment or torture

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How long did the persecution last?

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